ἐπείγω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἐποίγω (epoígō) – Aeolic
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pěː.ɡɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ɡo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ɣo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ɣo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ɣo/
Verb
ἐπείγω • (epeígō)
- to press hard, oppress
- to impel, urge on
- (in middle) to press on, hasten, drive fast
Conjugation
Present: ἐπείγω, ἐπείγομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐπείγω | ἐπείγεις | ἐπείγει | ἐπείγετον | ἐπείγετον | ἐπείγομεν | ἐπείγετε | ἐπείγουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | ἐπείγω | ἐπείγῃς | ἐπείγῃ | ἐπείγητον | ἐπείγητον | ἐπείγωμεν | ἐπείγητε | ἐπείγωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ἐπείγοιμῐ | ἐπείγοις | ἐπείγοι | ἐπείγοιτον | ἐπειγοίτην | ἐπείγοιμεν | ἐπείγοιτε | ἐπείγοιεν | |||||
imperative | ἔπειγε | ἐπειγέτω | ἐπείγετον | ἐπειγέτων | ἐπείγετε | ἐπειγόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive | indicative | ἐπείγομαι | ἐπείγῃ, ἐπείγει | ἐπείγεται | ἐπείγεσθον | ἐπείγεσθον | ἐπειγόμεθᾰ | ἐπείγεσθε | ἐπείγονται | ||||
subjunctive | ἐπείγωμαι | ἐπείγῃ | ἐπείγηται | ἐπείγησθον | ἐπείγησθον | ἐπειγώμεθᾰ | ἐπείγησθε | ἐπείγωνται | |||||
optative | ἐπειγοίμην | ἐπείγοιο | ἐπείγοιτο | ἐπείγοισθον | ἐπειγοίσθην | ἐπειγοίμεθᾰ | ἐπείγοισθε | ἐπείγοιντο | |||||
imperative | ἐπείγου | ἐπειγέσθω | ἐπείγεσθον | ἐπειγέσθων | ἐπείγεσθε | ἐπειγέσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | ἐπείγειν | ἐπείγεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | ἐπείγων | ἐπειγόμενος | ||||||||||
f | ἐπείγουσᾰ | ἐπειγομένη | |||||||||||
n | ἐπεῖγον | ἐπειγόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Imperfect: ἤπειγον, ἠπειγόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἤπειγον | ἤπειγες | ἤπειγε(ν) | ἠπείγετον | ἠπειγέτην | ἠπείγομεν | ἠπείγετε | ἤπειγον | ||||
middle/ passive | indicative | ἠπειγόμην | ἠπείγου | ἠπείγετο | ἠπείγεσθον | ἠπειγέσθην | ἠπειγόμεθᾰ | ἠπείγεσθε | ἠπείγοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Imperfect: ἔπειγον, ἐπειγόμην (Epic)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔπειγον | ἔπειγες | ἔπειγε(ν) | ἐπείγετον | ἐπειγέτην | ἐπείγομεν | ἐπείγετε | ἔπειγον | ||||
middle/ passive | indicative | ἐπειγόμην | ἐπείγου | ἐπείγετο | ἐπείγεσθον | ἐπειγέσθην | ἐπειγόμε(σ)θᾰ | ἐπείγεσθε | ἐπείγοντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Future: ἐπείξομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | ἐπείξομαι | ἐπείξῃ, ἐπείξει | ἐπείξεται | ἐπείξεσθον | ἐπείξεσθον | ἐπειξόμεθᾰ | ἐπείξεσθε | ἐπείξονται | ||||
optative | ἐπειξοίμην | ἐπείξοιο | ἐπείξοιτο | ἐπείξοισθον | ἐπειξοίσθην | ἐπειξοίμεθᾰ | ἐπείξοισθε | ἐπείξοιντο | |||||
middle | |||||||||||||
infinitive | ἐπείξεσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | ἐπειξόμενος | |||||||||||
f | ἐπειξομένη | ||||||||||||
n | ἐπειξόμενον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Aorist: ἤπειξᾰ, ἠπειξᾰ́μην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἤπειξᾰ | ἤπειξᾰς | ἤπειξε(ν) | ἠπείξᾰτον | ἠπειξᾰ́την | ἠπείξᾰμεν | ἠπείξᾰτε | ἤπειξᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | ῶ | ῇς | ῇ | ῆτον | ῆτον | ῶμεν | ῆτε | ῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | αῖμῐ | εῖᾰς, αῖς | εῖε(ν), αῖ | αῖτον | αίτην | αῖμεν | αῖτε | εῖᾰν, αῖεν | |||||
imperative | όν | ᾰ́τω | ᾰ́τον | ᾰ́των | ᾰ́τε | ᾰ́ντων | |||||||
middle | indicative | ἠπειξᾰ́μην | ἠπείξω | ἠπείξᾰτο | ἠπείξᾰσθον | ἠπειξᾰ́σθην | ἠπειξᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἠπείξᾰσθε | ἠπείξᾰντο | ||||
subjunctive | ῶμαι | ῇ | ῆται | ῆσθον | ῆσθον | ώμεθᾰ | ῆσθε | ῶνται | |||||
optative | αίμην | αῖο | αῖτο | αῖσθον | αίσθην | αίμεθᾰ | αῖσθε | αῖντο | |||||
imperative | αῖ | ᾰ́σθω | ᾰ́σθον | ᾰ́σθων | ᾰ́σθε | ᾰ́σθων | |||||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | αῖ | ᾰ́σθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | ᾶς | ᾰ́μενος | ||||||||||
f | ᾶσᾰ | ᾰμένη | |||||||||||
n | ᾰ́ν | ᾰ́μενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Perfect: ἤπειγμαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | ἤπειγμαι | ἤπειξαι | ἤπεικται | ἤπειχθον | ἤπειχθον | ἠπείγμεθᾰ | ἤπειχθε | ἠπείγᾰται | ||||
subjunctive | ἠπειγμένος ὦ | ἠπειγμένος ᾖς | ἠπειγμένος ᾖ | ἠπειγμένω ἦτον | ἠπειγμένω ἦτον | ἠπειγμένοι ὦμεν | ἠπειγμένοι ἦτε | ἠπειγμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ἠπειγμένος εἴην | ἠπειγμένος εἴης | ἠπειγμένος εἴη | ἠπειγμένω εἴητον/εἶτον | ἠπειγμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | ἠπειγμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | ἠπειγμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | ἠπειγμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | ἤπειξο | ἠπείχθω | ἤπειχθον | ἠπείχθων | ἤπειχθε | ἠπείχθων | |||||||
infinitive | ἠπεῖχθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | ἠπειγμένος | |||||||||||
f | ἠπειγμένη | ||||||||||||
n | ἠπειγμένον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Derived terms
- κατεπείγω (katepeígō)
Further reading
- “ἐπείγω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐπείγω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐπείγω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐπείγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπείγω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accelerate idem, page 5.
- hasten idem, page 387.
- hurry idem, page 411.
- push idem, page 660.
- quicken idem, page 667.
- run idem, page 726.
- speed idem, page 800.
- urge idem, page 939.